Dairy-barn structure



April 30, 1929- J. D. YOUNGMAN DAIRY BARN STRUCTURE April 30, 1929- J.D. YOUNGMAN DAIRY BARN STRUCTURE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed April21, 1927 I No: nu

Patented Apr. 30, 1929. L

JOHN JJ. YOUNGMAN, or sIaarY4 EYE, M1lvnvnatra.li`` 1 DAIRY-BARNSTRUCTURE.

applicati@ filed April al, 19a?, serial No wasn. nenewea amener 27,laas.

'll'lisinvention relates to dairy barn struc tures and more particularlyto a dairy barn structure facilitating the collection and re lnoval oflnanure.

An important object of the invention is to provide a struct-ure whichwill facilitate the Work of keeping the barn in a clean sanitarycondition and Which provides lneans` for eollecting the manure insuch aWay that it lnay be telly readily removed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improvedlneans `for removing the collected manure.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in theaccompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is showna preferred embodiment ot my in vention and wherein Y Figure 1 is a planview of a portion of a barn structure constructed in accordance with myinvention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View therethrough Figure 3 is anenlarged transverse View therethrough on the line 3--3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional 'view on the line 1-4 of Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10generally designates a passageway in the barn, at at least one side ofwhich is arranged outwardly facing stalls 11. The floor of thepassageway 10 along which the cattle must pass to reach the stallsorerlies a pit 12 extending longitudinally7 of the passageway. In thepresent structure, the stalls 11 are shown as arranged at opposite sidesof the passageway andthe pit 1Q as located centrally between adjacentendsof the stalls. The side Walls 13 of the pit 12 incline from theedges of the stalls downwardly to the lilottonl ol' the pit. these wallsbeing preterably shouldered immediately below the lioor level, asindicated at 14, for a purpose presently to appear.

The side AWalls preferably converge upon a central elllanncl 15 havingrelatively short vertically extending side Walls 16 and having a bottom17, which forms the actual bottoni ot the pit.

Extending upwardly from the side Walls 13 at opposite sides of thechannel and at spaced intervals are vertical supports 18 upon the upperends of which are arranged longitudinally extending sup re preferablycircu ar in cross section and tubular. Each vertical support 18 has itsorting beams 19 which' l areformed of longitudlnall exten ing strips 22,through whic-htie ro s `23 `are passed.

Upon these tie rods intermediate )the 'strips are `secured spacers 24,`whichholdthe strips spaced, so that nlanurernay pass between adjacentstrips linto the pit. utsupon the ends of the `tie rods `provide a meansfor not only securing the strips :in assembled relatio`n,hut`

likewise attaching:` thereto the cliplsil.4

Rotatably engaged With" one of theflongitudlnally extending supports 19are the ends of a plurality of transversely'extending hars 25, theopposite ends of 'which are formed with arcuate bends 26 adapted toengage overA the other of the longitudinally extending supports. Tothese strips, a 'flooring 27 is secured, ad]acent members of which maybe space-d from one another, if sodesredfso that the f Y cleansing ofthe floor niay'be facilitated. It

will be obvious `that droppinfrs deposited either upon theloor or thegratings 20 will pass downwardly into the pit and along the sloping sideWalls 13 thereof into the channel 15 from which they may be collected.

As a convenient means for removing-niaterial collected Within the`channel 15, I arrange inthis channelwa scoop 28, the upper portionofthe side walls of which rearwardly of the center, are pivotedthe endsof thearrns of aU-shaped bail 29. `The rearl Wall of the scoop isprovided at its upper edge Withy an eye 3U. Adjacent one end of the barnstructure, the channel 15 communicates Withan inclined chute 31.,thcfuppel' outer end of which is provided with a curved lip 32. An al'nl33 preferably supported from the barn Wall 34 has its end extended overthis lip and` provided with a guide sheave 35. Ata point spaced from the:end ofthe chute, a suitable support 36 is provided, this supportlhaving a. guide sheave 3T. l Afload cable 38 is connected to thebailr29, 'led over the sheave 35 and connected tothe end of a second :cable39 by` a "connector 40, with `which a single or doubletree 41isrotatmbly connectedso that an animal secured thereto may be'driveneither directly toward creamy rointlle chiite 3L The second cable 39fpasses'abbut the Cil Cil

sheave 37 through one of the tubular longitudinally extending supportsto a point adjacent t-he opposite end of the channel 15, where it passesover a guide sheave 42 and is connected to the eye 30.

It will be obvious that when power is applied at the connection 40 tomove this con nection longitudinally of the chute and away from the endthereof, the scoop will be moved toward the chute and will eventuallyextend over the lip 32 sufficiently far to enable the scoop to dump itscontents over this lip. As the scoop dumps, the bail will come intocontact with the sheave 35 and provide a check for movement. `Themovement of the draft animal is then reversed and the connection L10moved toward the end of the chute 32,With the result that the scoop willbe returned to the far end of the channel for another collectingoperation.

It will be obvious that the construction hereinbefore set forth iscapable of a certain range `of change and modification withoutmaterially departingl from the spirit of the invention and I accordinglydo not limit myself to such specilic structure except as hereinafterclaimed.

l. In a barn structure, a passageway, outwardly facing stalls arrangedat opposite sides thereof, a longitudinally extending pit beneath thepassageway the side walls of which converge toward the bottom, alignedrows of vertical supports extending upwardly from the pit walls atopposite sides of the center thereof, longitudinally extendingsupporting beams arranged upon the Lipper ends of each row of verticalsupports, a grating extending between each longitudinal supportand theupper end of the adjacent side wall of the pit, a plurality oftransversely extending bars pivoted to one of said longitudinallyextemling supports and having means at their opposite end for engagingthe other thereof and a flooring secured to said bars.

In a barn structure, a passageway, outwardly facing' stalls arranged atopposite sides thereof, a longitudinally extending pit beneath thepussageimy the side walls of which converge toward thebottoni, alignedrows of vertical supports extending upwardly from the pit walls atopposite sides of the center thereof, longitudinally extendingsupporting beams arranged upon the upper ends of each row of verticalsupports, a grating extending between each longitudinal support and theupper end of the adjacent side wall of the pit, the walls of the pithaving shoulders at their upper ends upon which the coacting edges ofthe gratings rest, said shoulders being spaced from the upper edges ofthe walls of the pit equal to the thickness of the gratings, avpluralityof transversely extending bars pivoted to one of said longitudinallyextending supports and having means at their opposite end for engagingthe other thereof and a flooring secured to said bars.

In a barn structure, a passageway, outwardly facing stalls arranged atopposite sides thereof, a longitudinally extending pit beneath thepassageway the side walls of which converge toward the bottom, alignedrows of vertical supports extending upwardly from the pit walls atopposite sides of the center thereof, longitudinally extending`supporting beams arranged upon the upper ends of each row of verticalsupports, a grating extending between each longitudinal support and theupper end of the adjacent side wall of the pit, a plurality oftransverselv extending bars pivoted to one of said lringitudinallyextending supports and having means at their opposite end for engagingthe other thereof, a flooring secured to said bars, the bottom of thepit being in the form of a longitudinally extending channel, a memberoperable longitudinally of the channel for collecting manure therefrom,one of the longitudinally extending supporting beams being tubular and areturn line for the connecting member extended through said support.

il. In a barn structure, a passageway, outwardly facing stalls arrangedat at least one side thereof, a longitudinally extending pit beneath thepassageway, the flooring of the passageway being in the form of agrating the sections of which are pivotally supported to permit accessto the pit, the bottom of the pit being in the form of a channel, abucket movable longitudinally of the channel to collect manuretherefrom, and load and return lines connected with said bucket, saidflooring being supported in part bv longitudinally extending supports,the return line for the bucket being housed within one of said supports.

In a barn structure, a passageway, out wardly :facing stalls arranged atat least one side thereof, a l mgitudinally extending pit beneath thepassageway, the flooring of the passageway being' in the form of agrating the sections of which are pivotally supported to permit accessto the pit, the bottoni of the pit boing in the form of a. channel` a`bucket movable longitudinally ofthe chaunel to collect manuretherefrom, load and return lines connected with the bucket.` a chutecommunicating with one end of the channel and inclining upwardly andoutwardly therefrom when moving under the influence of the load linepassing along the chute to the upper end thereof and means for checkingmovement of the bucket with the upper end thereof extended over the endof the chute whereby the bucket is discharged.

6. A structure as claimed in claim 5, wherein the flooring is supportedin part by longitudinally extending tubular supports and a return linefor the bucket is housed in one of said supports. Y

y 'i'. In a barn structure, a passageway, outwardly facing stallsarranged at opposite sides thereof, a longitudinally extending pitbeneath the passageway the side walls of which converge toward thebottom, aligned rows of vertical supports extending upwardly from thepit walls at opposite sides of the center thereof, longitudinallyextending supporting beams yarranged upon the upper ends of each row ofvertical supports, a.

grating extending betweeneach longitudinal support and the upper end ofthe adjacent side wall of the pit, and aeentral lflooringr snp` JOHN D.YoUNGMANQ

